"Hyacinthus was struck, and died—but from the blood a lovely flower was born"

White supremacists deny the long history of non-Europeans in Britain, in the teeth of evidence literally carved in stone

Hermes, Trojan, Rubicon—for the Classically-minded, brand names can be a major source of amusement

The original myth is no less weird and insane than the UK’s current political situation—though a touch more sexually lurid

There's something to be said for a Classics-inspired motivational phrase—we might even beat the public-schoolboy Latin tweeters at their own game...

Trump's presidency has given rise to a depressing parlour game

Like a lot of literature from the past, it reads a little differently post #MeToo.

Meet Talos, a giant made out of bronze who heats himself to red hot and clasps his enemies to his chest

Beards have meaning—now as they did in antiquity

The Athenian electorate voted to kill all the men in Mytilene. Then they had a second vote and changed their minds